The imprisoned opposition leader said he was responding to calls from his doctors and a belief that he had accomplished at least some of his goals.
Tag: Prisons and Prisoners
Aleksei Navalny’s Health in Prison Is Dire, His Doctors Say
Doctors said recent blood tests indicated that the Russian opposition leader, who is nearly three weeks into a hunger strike, was at risk of heart failure and “could die at any moment.”
Navalny Is Moved to Infirmary as His Health Declines
Aleksei A. Navalny, the jailed Russian opposition leader who is nearly a week into a hunger strike at a penal colony, showed signs of respiratory illness, prison doctors said.
US Prisons Start to Resume Allowing Visits to Inmates, With Added Coronavirus Precautions
Families and prisoners are preparing to meet for the first time in nearly a year, as officials continue to struggle to contain the virus in one of the nation’s hardest hit settings.
Born in Soviet Exile, They Might Die in a Russian One
Many victims of Stalin’s gulag are still unable to return to their families’ hometowns. Despite a court order, Moscow isn’t helping them.
Navalny Sent to Notoriously Harsh Russian Prison
Convicts in the isolation unit at Penal Colony No. 2 are forced to stand for hours with their hands clasped behind their backs, forbidden to make eye contact with the guards.
Blood Bath at Ecuador Prisons as Drug Gangs Battle for Control
More than 60 prisoners were killed in gruesome violence, some of it videotaped and posted online, that the authorities tied to the drug trade.
What Awaits Navalny in Russia’s Brutal Penal Colony System
Its prison camps, descended from the Soviet gulag, are notoriously harsh. But in a shift from the Stalin era, inmates have treated political prisoners with respect.
U.S. Penalizes Venezuelan Officials Involved in Imprisoning 6 American Oil Executives
The so-called Citgo 6 were lured to Venezuela for a business meeting in 2017 and have been sentenced to prison on charges of corruption.
He Spent 20 Years in Prison, Until a Serial Killer Confessed to the Crime
Yoon Sung-yeo was sentenced to life for a crime he did not commit in South Korea. He was able to clear his name after a notorious serial killer confessed last year.